Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-04-21
The NEW RAILROAD.
Further Indications of Rock Island s
Boom.

\ Boom.
The A r. a -. r. Bound TO Enter Rock
| lsIand--TaIk With the Surveyors
The Route from the VI ain Line.
The visit of the p arty of representative
citizens and business men of Rock Island,
to the surveying party of the A. T. & S.
F., extension. at Milan yesterday after
noon. as spoken of in yesterdays ARGUS
was productive of gratifying results. The
Rock Island party was headed by Mayor
elect Blanding, Congressman Gest, Capt.
T. J Robinson and ex>Alderman J. J.
Reimers. the others being Messrs.
John Crubaugh, Aid. W. F.
Schroeder, c. ]. Dart, ]. M. Mont
gomery, P. Fries, j. F. Munger, W,
G, Whitehead, E. w Hurst and
an ARGUS representative. The sur,
veryors were found in the Milan house.
in charge of C. S. Carpenter. one of the
engineers of the Atcbison road. the as
sistants being W P. Early, w K Allen.
and the line and chain men, J. E. Snyder,
J. C. Thompson, W. II. Jones, J. Boil,
linger, J E. McCune John Leighton, f.
McCauley and r. Bates.
| Engineer Carpenter was conversed with
and he impaired all the information at
his command freely and willingly, The
line now being pursued he said left the
| Chicago main line few miles west of
| Monmouth. running 10 northerly course,
crossing the Gable branch of the r. l. &
P, at REYNOLDS II then follows north-
westerly direction until it strikes Rock
River at Milan The surveyors are this
side of Milan today and will probably enter
Rock Island on the west of the r. l. & p.
tracks. The surveyors will be in the
city several days and will be visited here
| by the chief engineer of the road, and
then 60 back to Aledo to survey line To
Muscatine The headquarters for the sur
veyors will be at the Rock Island house
while in the city.
The surveyors of great road like the
Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe, are OF
course no: supposed to know any of the
company s motives in assigning them to
certain work and hence none of the
ideas of the corporation could be obs
tanned from Mr. Carpenter and his as
| sistants. The Atchison is one of the
most ambitious and entcrprising railroads
in the country. 1t is constantly building
out into new territory, being now in con
troll of large portion of the southwest
and far west territory. and in its endeavor
to obtain an eastern outlet or feeder of It's
own into Chicago, it is reasonable &c
suppose that line to ST Paul would
also be desirable, and 10 making that ex,
tension, community rs important rs tbi
from commercial point of view, cannot
be ignored.
The survey which is nov being made
into Rock Island, is not simply an ex,
pertinent. 1t has determination behind il
which means something. The boom
which the cities of Davenport Moline
and Rock Island are enjoying at thu
present time, shoul alone induce a grest
road like the Atchison TO extend its lines
in this direction. Tire is not &
locality in this country, th"t has
brighter promises for the immediate
future than the one which contains tn,
tii-cties. Within radius of few mile:
population OF rs, 600 people. some of thu
most extensive manufacturing establish
ments in me world, and all surrounde(
by farming rc9iO.. surpassed by none
Why should not the A, T Il ). F. huliC
into this country. The c., B. & Q an:
c., r. |. & P. have eaten into the verl
heart Of the Atchson's territory, and thu
c.. NJ. & ST. P. is making tracks in thu
same direction as fast as it can. VIII
should not the A.. + & S. F. retaliat
by invading the county traversed b.
these other great roads. Rock ISLAM
has all the other lines mentioned above
but i; has business enough for anothe
road 1t it has not it will make it if tn
A., T & S. F. will come.